Sandy's Compound is a 30-year-old

sports complex A sports complex is a group of sports facilities. For example, there are track and field stadiums, football stadiums, baseball stadiums, swimming pools, and Indoor arenas. This area is a sports complex, for fitness. Olympic Park is also a kind ...

located in,

Bhagalpur Bhagalpur is a city in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the southern banks of the river Ganges. It is the 2nd largest city of Bihar by population and also the headquarters of Bhagalpur district and Bhagalpur division. Known as the Silk ...

City,

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, opposite of police line Bhagalpur. It contains a

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TV Centre, volleyball court and a small open stadium. It also provides state level matches and is one of the best fields in Bhagalpur. This is Sandy's Compound, originally named after a Briton who was the Mayor of Bhagalpur. A piece of land measuring, more or less, 307 bighas 15 kathas and 14 chitaks of standard measurement, bounded on the -- (North-By Cleveland Road, South-By Central Jail Road, East-By Central Jail Road, West-By Beatson Road) -- is required within the aforesaid villages of Adampur, Kathalbari and Khanjarpur. Mentioned on page no. 139 of the Calcutta Gazette of July 18, 1906, the land was acquired by the government for public purposes. Nowadays there are many things that had build in this Sandis compound, like swimming pool, Cafeteria, Nehru memorial, Tennis court, Badminton court, Football ground, Butterfly Zone, Open air theatre (OAT), Kids play zone, and there is many monuments are existing.

Sandy's Compound Enclosure

Sandy's Compound Enclosure is a cricket ground in

. The ground is one of the few stadium that has cricket matches for

Bihar cricket team The Bihar cricket team represents the state of Bihar in Indian domestic cricket competitions. It is run by Bihar Cricket Association. History 1936 to 2004 The team competed in the Ranji Trophy from 1936-37 until 2003–04. When the state of Bih ...

and in

. The stadium has hosted its only cricket match when

played against

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in 1981 in 1981/82

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as match was won by

by innings and 2 runs.Scoredcard
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